The effect of body image and physical activity on depressive symptoms : a study on Icelandic adolescent girls and boys

The main focus of this research is depression among adolescents, what effect body image and physical activity may have on depression and gender different. Data from Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis (ICSRA), Youth in Iceland 2014, was used for this current study. Participants were a random sample of 2055 Icelandic grammar school students in 8th, 9th and 10th grade. Factorial Analysis of Variance (FANOVA) was used to test for main and interaction effects. The results of this current study indicated that negative body image increases the likelihood of depression and physical activity decreases the likelihood of depression. Negative body image has stronger effect on depression among girls than boys, while the effect of physical activity on depression is not different between boys and girls. Results also indicated that physical activity does not buffer the effects between body image and depression. Keywords: body image, physical activity, depressive symptoms

Author dc:creator

• Lovísa Dagmar Guðfinnsdóttir 1993-

Contributors dc:contributor

• Háskólinn í Reykjavík

• Sálfræði
• Líkamsímynd
• Hreyfing (heilsurækt)
• Þunglyndi
• Psychology
• Body image
• Physical activity
• Depression

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1946/25674

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:skemman.is:1946/25674